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Gun lobby trumps environmental protection

The EPA says it has no authority to regulate bullets, but fishermen may not be off hook. [...]

Dead fish and sick people don’t stop Florida’s water polluters

Lobbyists for those causing the pollution ask Congress to keep the toxic good times flowing. [...]

Watershed Connections: Yuma

Quick facts about the Yuma water situation from the Blue Planet expedition. [...]

Watershed Connections: Los Angeles

Quick facts about the Los Angeles water situation from the Blue Planet expedition. [...]

Hormone-free bluefin tuna can be bred in captivity

Biologists in Europe say commercial application of this breakthrough could boost stocks of the endangered fish. [...]

School lunch deadline brings out big names

Are celebrity chefs what Congress needs to pass a time-sensitive school lunch bill? [...]

‘Spiderman’ arrested after scaling Sydney skyscraper

Alain Robert scaled the 492-foot, twin-tower Lumiere apartment building in about 25 minutes to raise climate change awareness. [...]

A shadow of a drought

Long-running water shortages have plagued the U.S. from California to Carolina in recent years, raising the question — are droughts getting worse? [...]

WWII tanker off California coast may pose environmental threat

Nearly 70 years later, scientists are trying to determine if the 3.5 million gallons of crude oil in its hold are still there. [...]

Gettin’ it on bed bug-style

Actress, model and animal reproduction enthusiast Isabella Rossellini gleefully enacts the violent seduction rituals of America’s least favorite parasitic insect, the bed bug. [...]